Kid Icarus

In a matter of weeks I've gone from wondering how Arsenal will manage to do an Arsenal to thinking it's now inevitable that they will

Is it not us that are possibly whiney bitches? I love the drama and would hate football to be anything like rugby where referees - who don’t deserve respect - are even more untouchable for their bullshit

With a doubt but I think a pen is a fair line to draw in terms of what's likely to happen

A pen is obv much higher stakes

Taylor's lost control here.

That's never applied to offsides. Not that they use the clear and obvious rule when they should either like

About as stonewall as it gets, but aye offside. Why are they taking this long man

Arteta's such a tit

I wouldn't say it happens very often in the way that Ederson has been doing it like. Think back to him clattering Fraser, he's done that a handful of other times

So yeah it's a pen Ederson has been getting away with clattering people for years.

About time Ederson was punished for doing that. Long, long overdue

It's clubs that are being bought rather than the PL and those clubs leaving the PL is part of the concern tbh. There's still tons of room for clubs to monetise themselves into meaninglessness (from the local fans' perspective) that hasn't happened yet.

I thought Osimhen was already a dead cert for Chelsea in the summer.

Mason Mount's absolutely class if you can get him playing effectively in the right system man. Very tactically astute player. I've posted this a few times, but it's absolutely worth repeating. Under tuchel he was scoring or assisting in 2 out of every 3 games in the league (11 goals, 10 assists in 32 games), that's nothing to shake a stick at. His England form does his reputation no favours because he's undoubtedly not the same player for England that he is for Chelsea, nowhere near. Worth bearing in mind as well, even this season where Chelsea have been poor overall and a lot of Chelsea fans apparently hate him - 3 goals and 6 assists in 29 appearances.

Yeah it's a big worry, not inherently because of their nationality, but because America is synonymous with hypercapitalism. I've been worried about this for years, not just in football, but our economy, our politics, our culture. People have been burying their heads in the sand about this stuff and trying to claim America has no bearing or influence on us - absolutely deluded imo. Football going this way in our country is my worst nightmare.

I think this is Kane's last window to move and win something, but I can see him staying. If he did move I think it would need to be to a team where he's almost a dead cert to win a title - Man City, Real Madrid, or Bayern Munich basically.

Those boots (but with red instead of gold) are the same boots I use now.

But Howe is Hew and Hope is Herp and it can't be both.

We won 3-1. He was better 1st half but still great 2nd half.

Beye vs Reading

Tino and Gillespie vs Barcelona Batty in the 5-0 vs Man United Sissoko ruining Ashley Cole on his debut Dubravka vs Man United Joelinton vs Man United Rob Lee vs Royal Antwerp 1st leg Rob Lee in the 7-1 vs Spurs Rob Lee in the 4-2 vs Chelsea

He was fantastic for all of WBA imo. Second half he nearly scored a George Weah-esque goal.

Scott Parker vs Arsenal is the first that comes to mind. An absolute man possessed. He had to be carried off having swallowed a tooth IIRC. He used to get loads of gyp from people but I liked him and I'll never forget that performance.

I wonder if we could get some warm weather training in before the final, that normally gets us refreshed